DDD Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) So, with a long four-day weekend last week I finally found the time to get to the prepping of a large Platanus wyomingensis that I collected at Douglas Pass in western CO last June. Unfortunately, the leaf split out in the field already missing the distal tips of most of the lobes, but it was clear that there was going to be more leaf in there if I spent the time to prep it out. I have to admit that I didn't expect that left-most lobe to extend quite as far as it did. I still want to go back and work the rough edges where I worked to expose the leaf. I'll probably break out the Dremel tool for that to clean it up. But, it's already a very nice leaf. Extrapolating to the missing tip on the largest lobe I think this was a 10-inch leaf, from the base to tip. Dan Edited December 1, 2009 by DDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Just look at the details in that thing; looks like one of the million-or-so that I spent my fall raking up! Nice job. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 That turned out pretty good Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Very nice leaf, and a nice prep job. I really like that long stem. Douglas Pass does produce some nice specimen. Congratulations. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn835 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thats pretty awesome. Nice prep. With rocks in my head, and fossils in my heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Very nice. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 That's an incredible fossil there, I love seeing fossil flora in such good condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Dan, Very nice specimen, the detail there makes the one I have look like just a shadow! Maybe it is. Thanks for posting. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Beautiful! *Drool* -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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